PT-2025-27840 · WordPress · Wp Shortcodes Plugin

Asaf Mozes · Published 2025-07-04 · Updated 2025-07-18 · CVE-2025-5567

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 7.4.0

Description: The issue is related to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the data-url DOM element attribute due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 7.4.0, update to a version that addresses the insufficient input sanitization and output escaping issue to prevent Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the data-url attribute in the DOM element to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-5567

Affected Products

Wp Shortcodes Plugin

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5567 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5567 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/jmdevlabs/status/1946199862954844404 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1941026624926883878 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/127679 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fbd67145-5b95-4890-a265-1dd7a029aec6?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodes-ultimate/tags/7.4.0/includes/js/shortcodes/index.js · Note